Mathis’ Walk-Off Homer Lifts JMU to 3-1 Victory Over Texas State

Sunday, March 17

Harrisonburg, Va.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

17-9, 1-2

Texas State

22-7, 2-1

Texas State

James Madison

Mathis’ Walk-Off Homer Lifts JMU to 3-1 Victory Over Texas State

3/17/2024 3:53:00 PM | Softball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Sophomore KK Mathis clubbed a walk-off home run to give James Madison softball a 3-1 win over Texas State on Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

JMU (17-9, 1-2 Sun Belt) recorded three runs and eight hits, while Texas State saw its nine-game winning streak snapped. The Bobcats fell to 22-7 overall and 2-1 in league play, totaling one run on six hits.

Mathis finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run, two RBI, and a walk. Reed Butler extended her on-base streak to 20 straight games, finishing 2-for-4. Payton List finished 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI while also picking up her sixth win in the circle this season in 4.0 innings of work. Bella Henzler (1-for-4) and Hallie Hall (1-for-3) also picked up hits in the win.

List, along Kirsten Fleet and Alissa Humphrey, combined to only give up one run against a Texas State lineup scoring more than five runs a game. Fleet scattered two hits over 2.0 innings, while Humphrey worked 2.0 perfect innings.

How It Happened

Fleet worked around two singles in the first inning, striking out Karmyn Bass to end the threat.
List entered the game in the top of the third, inducing three ground outs to post a scoreless frame and keep the score 0-0.
Piper Randolph reached on a wild pitch with one out in the fourth, and JJ Smith doubled her home to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
The Dukes answered in the bottom of the fourth, as List lined a single past the pitcher to tie the game at 1-1 through four.
Texas State loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the seventh, but three fielders choice's stranded the bases loaded and kept the score deadlocked at 1-1 going into the home seventh.
Randolph lined a two-out double in the top of the eighth, but List induced a ground out to keep the game at 1-1 through 7 ½ innings.
Henzler singled with one out in the bottom of the eighth, and Mathis ended the game with the long ball to left field.

Game Notes

Mathis' walk-off is the first of her career and second for JMU this season (Payton List – Binghamton, 3/10/24)
Butler reached base for the 20th consecutive game, finishing 2-for-4.
The win improved JMU's record vs. Texas State to 2-4.
Texas State left nine runners on base, compared to the Dukes' five.

Up Next
JMU ventures to College Park, Md., for its first widweek game of the season against the Maryland Terrapins. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m., and the game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.